POS 2041 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Advocacy Group, Cxam Radar, Grassroots Lobbying

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The exam will cover all material since the first exam from the fiorina text and the. Shea//reece text (the shea/reece text only includes pp. Roarke book will not be on the exam. Material from videos shown in class and from class lecture is also fair game for the exam. Thus the exam will test on: public opinion and participation, parties, interest groups, and congress. There will be 47 questions, each worth 1 point, and 2 extra credit questions, each worth 1 point. 40 of the 47 questions will be multiple choice and the other 7 will be true-false. Below are key terms, from the fiorina text, to guide your studying. I also include some general questions: the answers may draw from assigned readings or from class lecture. What do good pollsters do to try to address the reasons for skepticism about the validity of their polls? (hint: this was discussed in class more than it is covered in the text)